Norfolk Southern reaches a multi-million-dollar settlement over Ohio train derailment
Among other fees, they will pay $235 million for the Environmental Protection Agency's past and future clean-up for contaminated air, water, and soil in and around where the train derailed in 2023.
![Debris from a Norfolk Southern freight train lies scattered and burning along the tracks on Feb. 4, 2023, the day after it derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. A federal judge has signed off Tuesday, May 21, 2024, on the $600 million class action settlement over last year](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5333x4000+333+0/resize/5333x4000!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff1%2Fb1%2F5757153346bfb9221ebf1d0cf2c4%2Fap24143613317747.jpg)
Among other fees, they will pay $235 million for the Environmental Protection Agency's past and future clean-up for contaminated air, water, and soil in and around where the train derailed in 2023.
(Image credit: Gene J. Puskar/AP)
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